"Figure 9: The rate of return earned on investments by non-residents in the UK continued to outperform those earned by UK residents overseas in 2019","" "Rate of return: UK assets and liabilities, percentage, 2004 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates of return are estimated for direct investment, portfolio investment and other investment only. 2. Rates of return are calculated using the average of opening and closing stock positions." "Unit","%" "","" "","Total investment abroad","Total investment in the UK","Net investment" "2004","3.5","3.2","0.3" "2005","4.1","3.7","0.4" "2006","4.6","4.5","0.1" "2007","4.9","4.9","0.0" "2008","4.0","4.2","-0.2" "2009","2.5","2.6","-0.1" "2010","2.5","2.4","0.1" "2011","2.8","2.6","0.2" "2012","2.3","2.4","-0.1" "2013","2.2","2.5","-0.3" "2014","2.0","2.3","-0.3" "2015","1.8","2.3","-0.4" "2016","1.7","2.2","-0.5" "2017","2.2","2.4","-0.2" "2018","2.4","2.6","-0.2" "2019","2.3","2.5","-0.2"